UK Sales Chart – Week ending 8th August

Wii Sports Resort gets knocked for six after just two weeks at No.1, as Ashes Cricket 2009 debuts at the top spot. This makes Codemasters the first UK publisher to reach the top of the charts since Eidos way back on February 2007 with Battlestations Midway.

1. Ashes Cricket 2009 (New Entry)
2. Wii Sports Resort (Last week’s position – 1)
3. Wii Fit (2)
4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (3)
5. Fight Night Round 4 (5)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Price (4)
7. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (10)
8. Mario Kart Wii (11)
9. G-Force (23)
10. The Sims 3 (7)
11. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (12)
12. EA Sports Active (9)
13. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (6)
14. Call of Duty: World at War (13)
15. [PROTOTYPE] (16)
16. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (14)
17. Guitar Hero: World Tour (17)
18. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (15)
19. Pokemon Platinum (18)
20. UFC 2009: Undisputed (8)
21. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (25)
22. Mario Kart DS (22)
23. FIFA 09 (20)
24. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (26)
25. Virtua Tennis 2009 (19)
26. Red Faction: Guerrilla (21)
27. Ben 10: Alien Force (28)
28. Grand Theft Auto IV (31)
29. MySims Racing (27)
30. Infamous (24)
31. Rhythm Paradise (33)
32. Football Manager 2009 (29)
33. Mystery Stories (37)
34. Overlord II (Re-entry)
35. Grand Slam Tennis (30)
36. Lego Batman: The Video game (Re-entry)
37. Hannah Montana: The Movie (Re-entry)
38. Terminator Salvation (Re-entry)
39. New Super Mario Bros. (34)
40. Need for Speed: Undercover (38)

Codemasters’ last No.1 hit was four years ago with Brian Lara International Cricket 2005, but a strong marketing campaign has ensured that Ashes Cricket 2009 outsell it by almost 3 to 1 in their respective debut weeks.

It’s far and away the biggest launch for a cricket title with release week sales almost matching those of EA’s recent chart-topping boxing game Fight Night Round 4.

Sales of Wii Sports Resort are down 49%, but it’s still well ahead of the rest of the Top 10 at No.2. In fact, the whole top 5 this week is made up of sports/fitness titles. Strong pricing cuts of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood help it to move up three places to No.7.

Film tie-in G-Force makes the most of the Disney movie being released in cinemas, flying up 14 places and breaking into the top 10 at No.9. In contrast, the biggest loser is UFC 2009: Undisputed which fell 12 places down to No.20.

All info provided by Chart-Track